When resetting the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) verification methods from a user's profile page in Tableau Cloud, the following error may occur:
An error occurred while attempting to reset MFA verifiers. Please try again.
When receiving the Tableau Cloud error that An error occurred while attempting to reset MFA verifiers, as a Tableau Cloud site administrator, try the following workaround:
For more information about the user process for registering and managing a verification method, see Register for multi-factor authentication.
Multi-Factor Authentication and Tableau Cloud
To see information on resetting multi-factor authentication, see the following Tableau Help page: https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/to_security_mfa.htm#regain-site-access-after-being-locked-out
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